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We develop new information technologies and their use in industry and commerce. We focus on ways in which this technology can inform areas like secure systems, risk management, cyber security and social media analysis.

Part of Electronics and computer science

About

Our group explores information technologies, and their use in industry and commerce. We work in industry sectors including:

  • ecology
  • health
  • media
  • e-government
  • oil and gas exploration
  • marine systems
  • education
  • transport

We collaborate with other organisations on funded research projects, through directly-funded contract research and development and through specialist consultancy.

This covers work in areas like:

  • secure systems
  • risk management
  • cyber security
  • crisis management
  • social media analysis
  • social behaviour in complex human-machine networks

Research highlights

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Tackling the wildlife traffickers

Environment, sustainability and clean growth
Software will support efforts to curb illegal trade and bring criminals to justice

Empowering young people to make positive health choices during the COVID-19 pandemic

Health and wellbeing
Helping young people to make positive lifestyle choices has never been as important as it is now. LifeLab is working to ensure young people have a voice, and that they understand the choices they can make to reduce the impact COVID-19 on their lives.
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People, projects and publications

People

Professor Koushik Maharatna PhD

Prof Signal Processing System Design

Email: km3@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Address: B13, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Dr Laura Carmichael LLB (Hons), MSc (Dist.), PhD

Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Data Governance
  • Data Sharing Models
  • Data Protection Law

Email: l.e.carmichael@soton.ac.uk

Address: B13, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

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Dr Lei Li

Lecturer

Research interests

  • Cardiac Digital Twins
  • Medical Image Analysis 
  • Multi-Modal AI

Accepting applications from PhD students

Mrs Linah Alhaidari

Dr Majid Zamani

Lecturer

Research interests

  • Implantable brain-machine interface (iBMI).
  • Hardware-efficient processing frameworks (Implantable and wearable devices).
  • Applied AI in biomedical engineering.

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: m.zamani@soton.ac.uk

Address: B13, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

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Professor Mark Weal

Professor

Research interests

  • Digital Health
  • Behavioural Interventions
  • Semantic Web

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: mjw@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Address: B13, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

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Dr Maxim Bashevoy

Enterprise Fellow

Dr Mercedes Arguello Casteleiro

Lecturer

Professor Michael Boniface CEng, FIET

Professorial Fellow in Information Techn

Research interests

  • Artifical intelligence for health systems
  • Human centred interactive systems
  • Federated systems management 

Email: m.j.boniface@soton.ac.uk

Address: B13, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

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Professor Mike Surridge

Professorial Fellow Information Tech

Research interests

  • Computer Networks Security
  • Automated cyber security risk assessment and management

Email: ms8@soton.ac.uk

Address: B13, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

My current project portfolio advances data-driven healthcare, 5G media service delivery and security in industry 4.0.
Professor Michael Boniface
Professorial Fellow in Information Techn
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